New CFD Meshing Software in Beta Test, 1 in a Series

By DE Editors

Pointwise, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) has released its next-generation CFD(computational fluid dynamics) meshing software for beta testing. Thenew CFD meshing software, also called Pointwise, will eventuallyreplace the company's widely deployed Gridgen software.

"Our Gridgen software has served engineers well over the last 22 yearsand it was time to repackage the core technologies within a new userinterface and user environment" said John Chawner, Pointwise'spresident in a press statement. Gridgen generates structured,unstructured, and hybrid meshes. It interfaces with such CFD solvers asFLUENT, STAR-CD, and ANSYS CFX as well as many neutral formats such asCGNS. Gridgen also has a scripting language that can automate CFDmeshing.

The new Pointwise meshing software features a cross-platform userinterface said to be comfortable for new users and customizable byexperienced users. The new software also contains new tools such asUndo, Redo, automatic grid assembly, and support for 64-bit operatingsystems.

Beta testing will continue until Pointwise's first production release,which is currently planned for summer 2007, according to the company.Both Gridgen and Pointwise will be available for production use duringthe transition period, after which time Gridgen will be retired. Forfurther details, click here.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.